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I wonder how they offer a live stream of that quality to large numbers? When YouView launched there was lots of discussion about using multicast for the ISP’s tv streams. I’ve not heard anything about multicast in regards to the bbciplayer. Does that mean that unicast can efficiently do the job now?

The article does say that they are limiting access to the first, as yet unspecified, number of viewers. This suggests that with the increased quality, the overhead is too great to allow huge numbers of people access.

John.

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The article does say that they are limiting access to the first, as yet unspecified, number of viewers. This suggests that with the increased quality, the overhead is too great to allow huge numbers of people access.

The order of magnitude of the numbers, at least, and how you get the service:-

But each will be limited to "tens of thousands of people" - the exact number of iPlayer-equipped devices has not been specified in advance.

Compatible devices will offer access to the 4K HDR streams via iPlayer's home screen. To gain access, viewers must be among the first to click on the relevant home screen button just after each stream starts.

No doubt a TV or player supporting HLG will be required - as per ‘compatible devices’.

‘Does television exist for us to watch, or do we exist to watch television?’ - Noah Hawley

That’s a good post with some decent technical info, all we need to know now is why the iPlayer app on the T4000 can’t be updated to provide an output

Yeah it’s intersting in the latest Beeb blog that they mention building a system that will also work to scale. If they can do uhd broadcast on a large scale I guess that bodes well for future IP delivered live tv outside of BT and Talktalk